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caddis fly

Today it means: Any insect, of the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of hairy wings; they are found near lakes and streams. Full definition →

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From earlier caddis (“larva of the caddis fly”) + fly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.